Why some papers have HTML representation and some not? Would expect the way it worked was if a link points to arxiv it'll automatically generate one.
Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
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Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#42What you'll discover is that the moment this falls off the HN front page, your traffic goes to zero. You'll need to manually recruit users, every day, typically by going to wherever they are. Twitter is your friend here. DM everyone you can, and keep checking in with them to see if they're getting value out of it. My personal experience was that I showed up, was delighted to see so many relevant papers, but then lost…
All good points. To be honest, I hate Twitter so I don't know if I'll be trying to share it on there, but I agree that promoting discussions is the way to go. PS Fixed the voting algorithm (was using ASC instead of DESC). Probably needs more work but thanks for pointing it out!
I think it might be worth partnering with someone who specializes in community building, then.
The easy part is what you’ve done already. It truly looks awesome, but unfortunately it really is just the beginning. The much, much harder part is getting people to keep coming back and contributing themselves.
There’s nothing technologically impressive about HN, the reason we’re here is because everyone’s already here, and the reason everyone’s already here YC and Paul Graham. Without huge names like that behind your project, you’re going to be growth hacking and bootstrapping.
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#43You need to fake users to get the network effects to start.
Use a LLM to generate comments maybe finetuned on HN
When real people start showing up they will see comments and assume its not a wasteland. As real people come reduce the bot comments.
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#44Need some users and your set!
The hardest part for any new site really.
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#45No search ? :-(
Sorry, I won't use it: search is the only way to let your users discover the content that THEY ARE LOOKING FOR (and maybe to engage) instead of JUST CONSUMING content pushed by others or algorithm...
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#46What you'll discover is that the moment this falls off the HN front page, your traffic goes to zero. You'll need to manually recruit users, every day, typically by going to wherever they are. Twitter is your friend here. DM everyone you can, and keep checking in with them to see if they're getting value out of it. My personal experience was that I showed up, was delighted to see so many relevant papers, but then lost…
I wonder if bots that post about the trending papers on Twitter, Mastodon etc. can drive more consistent engagement. I will forget to visit this website, bit would definitely subscriber to the bot and likely end up browsing more of the side when I visit after having followed the social media post.
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#47No search ? :-( Sorry, I won't use it: search is the only way to let your users discover the content that THEY ARE LOOKING FOR (and maybe to engage) instead of JUST CONSUMING content pushed by others or algorithm...
You're on a site with no search
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
All good points. To be honest, I hate Twitter so I don't know if I'll be trying to share it on there, but I agree that promoting discussions is the way to go. PS Fixed the voting algorithm (was using ASC instead of DESC). Probably needs more work but thanks for pointing it out!
I think it might be worth partnering with someone who specializes in community building, then. The easy part is what you’ve done already. It truly looks awesome, but unfortunately it really is just the beginning. The much, much harder part is getting people to keep coming back and contributing themselves. There’s nothing technologically impressive about HN, the reason we’re here is because everyone’s already here, an…
> I think it might be worth partnering with someone who specializes in community building, then.
Curious if anyone has any concrete experience on what this step looks like / how thats done.
And for whatever it's worth I agree on some level that building the site is the easy part but I still remember when building a functioning well-designed web app seemed daunting / impossibly complex and it still is to most people. A beautiful working site like this is always an achievement.
[speaking to myself mostly] I think anyone that can build social platform alternatives like this should as often as possible to create a richer ecosystem less in danger of being dominated by abusive / destructive monopolies.
Were still in the car brand phase of social platform options when it seems like we could be at a artisan coffee roasters level.
I want to find my next social media app at a farmers market.
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#49Great idea but you should include every field of Science
Re: Show HN: I made Hacker News but for research papers
#50No search ? :-( Sorry, I won't use it: search is the only way to let your users discover the content that THEY ARE LOOKING FOR (and maybe to engage) instead of JUST CONSUMING content pushed by others or algorithm...
You're on a site with no search
HN has a search bar at the bottom of the page